Combined neurosurgical-otolaryngologic operative approach to a massive nasoethmoidal encephalomeningocele.
Frontal encephaloceles are uncommon yet challenging therapeutic problems that require careful planning and cooperation between the disciplines of neurosurgery and head and neck surgery. A case presentation is discussed together with the embryology, differential diagnosis, and surgical approach to the problem.
D000293:Adolescent; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery; D012934:Social Isolation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods